Changing anime (SPOILERS UP THE WAZOO)

I'd make the ending of Monster better. I'm not a big fan of the denouement anyways. The series was excellent, and the last couple episodes were excellent, but the very last episode just sort of...blah-ed. If it were more memorable, that would have been nice. As to how it should have ended, I have no idea.

It would have also been nice if Honey and Clover was a little longer. I'm not saying that it should stretch on for another five episodes, since it's such a wonderful series, but a little more would have been nice, especially since I was really sad to see that the series finished so soon.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I guess I'll have to take back my comment about Honey and Clover being a little too short, as a sequel just came out! Yay!

Originally Posted by SouthJag

I'd probably increase the series length of Twelve Kingdoms to allow them to explain the Taiki incident, and maybe even jump into the future to see how the kingdoms are developing and how the characters have changed.

My thoughts exactly. When I realized the series was over at episode 45, I frantically Googled the series to verify that it did, in fact, end there.

While I found the beginning of the series to move a bit slow, I eventually really got into it, especially towards the end. The unanswered questions really bothered me, and more on the Taiki would have been great. I felt that, while the anime went over his past in detail, it didn't cover his present state too much. Shoyru's story also seemed to be a strange way to conclude the series, as much as I loved that guy.

I guess I'll be checking out the manga, then.



Something similar could be said about Gravitation. While it wasn't a bad anime, (in fact, I enjoyed it), there was potential for it to be better than what it actually was.

Spoiler:

With Yuki's past, I felt that it could have been revealed in a better way. After learning about it, I thought to myself, "Wait...that's it?" The execution screamed, "There. The secret. Ha."

And there were the characters. They were already so lovable, so why not add just a little more to them, if possible? It felt like the series was sort of "almost getting there" with the characters. Sure, I don't think that spewing out mounds of information about the characters would fit this series too well, but just a tad wouldn't hurt.

Oh well. At least the ending didn't have me screaming in rage.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by SouthJag

Whoa whoa whoa. They have a manga for Twelve Kingdoms?! I know it's based off several volumes from particular Chinese mythological stories but...a manga?

I read that somewhere, but I'll look it up on ANN.

Okay! According to ANN, there actually isn't. That's tragic!!!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.